In article gesjka$ic3$1@qmul,
"whisky-dave" writes:
I work in a university electronics lab where the students need to solder,
an experienced solderer can adapt, it takes longer to heat the joint up so
you need
to be more patient. we also found that our Antex 18W irons just weren't up
to
it so we started replacing them with the 25W versions, I think this is

All I can say is I'm _really_ pleased my University went to the
expense of proper temperature controlled irons (Weller TCP's),
or I might not have found out how much nicer a professional iron
is to use than those cheap irons, and might not have then bought
a Weller TCP for myself.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article gesjka$ic3$1@qmul,
"whisky-dave" writes:
I work in a university electronics lab where the students need to solder,
an experienced solderer can adapt, it takes longer to heat the joint up
so
you need
to be more patient. we also found that our Antex 18W irons just weren't
up
to
it so we started replacing them with the 25W versions, I think this is

All I can say is I'm _really_ pleased my University went to the
expense of proper temperature controlled irons (Weller TCP's),
or I might not have found out how much nicer a professional iron
is to use than those cheap irons, and might not have then bought
a Weller TCP for myself.

True the temp controlled are better, especially those with a display.
The antex ones we use are temperature controlled although at a fixed
temperature,
whereas the better ones are variable.


--
Andrew Gabriel
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